This episode of Michael Andreula Live is sponsored by "The Last American Guido". I was cut from the movie but it's still awesome, and you should check them out.

The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part of daily life. Not as an experience to be collected or bragged about - or as a ritual like filling up a car - but as something else that gives pleasure, like sex or music, or a good nap in the afternoon. Anthony Bourdain

Now, on to our amazing guest, Dana Marchionne!

In 2012 founder Dana Marchionne opened Learn Italian Hoboken with hopes to share her experience in teaching Italian with those who were equally as passionate about learning Italian language and culture. Shortly after she realized that Italian language was no longer her only mission, she added language classes for children and adults in French, Chinese and Spanish, classes filled quickly! We recently launched Arabic and we are looking forward to adding additional language programs to our offerings in 2014!

This is one of my video podcast test, and there will be a transcript of this episode for my hearing-impaired friends Hope you enjoy!

In this episode, we explore:

Dana's personal story The most important choices she's made Common mistakes of "language learners and teachers" How you can learning a new language faster that Rosetta Stone And much, much more...

Her lessons and principles can be applied almost anywhere.

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Show notes and links are below, and please let Dana (@LearnLanguageNJ ) know what you found most interesting or valuable. She's a good dude and would love to hear from you.

Enjoy!...

Show Notes and Select Links from Episodes 13 (Thanks, Glen!) A little about Learning Language Hoboken Dana growing up, the making of a Female entrepreneur Transitioning from american mindset to an international mindset The amazing story of how Dana started The story and lessons learned from and Italian Main tipping points that led to her to open a Language Learning Center How to monetize your craft at the highest level Understanding negotiating skills, myths and realities The most consistent mistakes in the world of creative entrepreneurship How sharing his experiences of coming up as an artist was a tactic for differentiation The importance of looking outside ones industry to glean tactics you can use What it's like to be in Italy Dissecting the value and capacity to become an empowered female polymath in today's world How iteration is the key to navigating the transition from successful solopreneur to building out a company

ABOUT

-LIBERATION AND ENLIGHTENMENT, GET NAKED, FIND A MOUNTAIN TOP, HIT PLAY, SQUEEGEE YOUR THIRD EYE AND PREPARE TO BLAST OFF INTO THE GREAT UNKNOWN WOMB OF THE UNIVERSE AND ENJOY!

Background

For the past 17 years I've made my career out of designing and teaching group fitness kickboxing classes. Many of my classes consist of up to 100 people, who range in fitness levels from beginner to advanced-- all in the same class. Obviously this exposed some challenges and hurdles that I needed to overcome in order to keep my classes at the highest quality possible. Using my classes as my "laboratory", I've successfully implemented a series of techniques that I use to motivate my clients to achieve their fitness goals. It is my belief that health and fitness is far more mental than physical, and by unlocking certain aspects of the mind in a group setting, I've seen some absolutely amazing transformations! Now, over 10,000 classes later, my passion has turned to researching and studying human psychology and how it relates to motivation, learning, willpower, and self-improvement. Each guest featured on my podcast has impacted me at some point in my quest for understanding, and I hope that by bringing all these masters together, we can benefit from the collective knowledge and make the world a better place to live.